| | Talal A. Itani (new translation) rendition of Surah The Rock, Stoneland, Rock City(al-Hijr)
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| 15:1 | | Alif, Lam, Ra. These are the Verses of the Book; a Quran that makes things clear |
| 15:2 | | Perhaps those who disbelieve would like to become Muslims. |
| 15:3 | | Leave them to eat, and enjoy, and be lulled by hope. They will find out |
| 15:4 | | We have never destroyed a town unless it had a set time |
| 15:5 | | No nation can bring its time forward, nor can they delay it |
| 15:6 | | And they said, 'O you who received the message, you are insane.' |
| 15:7 | | Why do you not bring us the angels, if you are truthful?' |
| 15:8 | | We do not send the angels down except with reason, and they will not be held back |
| 15:9 | | Surely We revealed the Message, and We will surely preserve it. |
| 15:10 | | We sent others before you, to the former communities |
| 15:11 | | But no messenger came to them, but they ridiculed him |
| 15:12 | | Thus We slip it into the hearts of the guilty |
| 15:13 | | They do not believe in it, though the ways of the ancients have passed away |
| 15:14 | | Even if We opened for them a gateway into the sky, and they began to ascend through it |
| 15:15 | | They would still say, 'Our eyes are hallucinating; in fact, we are people bewitched.' |
| 15:16 | | We placed constellations in the sky, and made them beautiful to the beholders |
| 15:17 | | And We guarded them from every outcast devil |
| 15:18 | | Except one who steals a hearing, and is followed by a visible projectile |
| 15:19 | | We spread the earth, and placed stabilizers in it, and in it We grew all things in proper measure |
| 15:20 | | And in it We created livelihoods for you, and for those for whom you are not the providers |
| 15:21 | | There is not a thing but with Us are its stores, and We send it down only in precise measure |
| 15:22 | | We send the fertilizing winds; and send down water from the sky, and give it to you to drink, and you are not the ones who store it |
| 15:23 | | It is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritors |
| 15:24 | | And We know those of you who go forward, and We know those who lag behind |
| 15:25 | | It is your Lord who will gather them together. He is the Wise, the Knowing |
| 15:26 | | We created the human being from clay, from molded mud |
| 15:27 | | And the jinn We created before, from piercing fire |
| 15:28 | | Your Lord said to the angels, 'I am creating a human being from clay, from molded mud.' |
| 15:29 | | 'When I have formed him, and breathed into him of My spirit, fall down prostrating before him.' |
| 15:30 | | So the angels prostrated themselves, all together |
| 15:31 | | Except for Satan. He refused to be among those who prostrated themselves |
| 15:32 | | He said, 'O Satan, what kept you from being among those who prostrated themselves?' |
| 15:33 | | He said, 'I am not about to prostrate myself before a human being, whom You created from clay, from molded mud.' |
| 15:34 | | He said, 'Then get out of here, for you are an outcast' |
| 15:35 | | 'And the curse will be upon you until the Day of Judgment.' |
| 15:36 | | He said, 'My Lord, reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected.' |
| 15:37 | | He said, 'You are of those reprieved.' |
| 15:38 | | 'Until the Day of the time appointed.' |
| 15:39 | | He said, 'My Lord, since You have lured me away, I will glamorize for them on earth, and I will lure them all away.' |
| 15:40 | | 'Except for Your sincere servants among them.' |
| 15:41 | | He said, 'This is a right way with Me.' |
| 15:42 | | 'Over My servants you have no authority, except for the sinners who follow you.' |
| 15:43 | | And Hell is the meeting-place for them all. |
| 15:44 | | 'It has seven doors; for each door is an assigned class.' |
| 15:45 | | But the righteous will be in gardens with springs. |
| 15:46 | | 'Enter it in peace and security.' |
| 15:47 | | And We will remove all ill-feelings from their hearts—brothers and sisters, on couches facing one another |
| 15:48 | | No fatigue will ever touch them therein, nor will they be asked to leave it |
| 15:49 | | Inform My servants that I am the Forgiver, the Merciful |
| 15:50 | | And that My punishment is the painful punishment |
| 15:51 | | And inform them of the guests of Abraham. |
| 15:52 | | When they entered upon him, and said, 'Peace.' He said, 'We are wary of you.' |
| 15:53 | | They said, 'Do not fear; we bring you good news of a boy endowed with knowledge.' |
| 15:54 | | He said, 'Do you bring me good news, when old age has overtaken me? What good news do you bring?' |
| 15:55 | | They said, 'We bring you good news in truth, so do not despair.' |
| 15:56 | | He said, 'And who despairs of his Lord's mercy but the lost?' |
| 15:57 | | He said, 'So what is your business, O envoys?' |
| 15:58 | | They said, 'We were sent to a sinful people.' |
| 15:59 | | 'Except for the family of Lot; we will save them all.' |
| 15:60 | | 'Except for his wife.' We have determined that she will be of those who lag behind |
| 15:61 | | And when the envoys came to the family of Lot |
| 15:62 | | He said, 'You are a people unknown to me.' |
| 15:63 | | They said, 'We bring you what they have doubts about.' |
| 15:64 | | 'We bring you the truth, and we are truthful.' |
| 15:65 | | 'Travel with your family at the dead of the night, and follow up behind them, and let none of you look back, and proceed as commanded.' |
| 15:66 | | And We informed him of Our decree: the last remnant of these will be uprooted by early morning |
| 15:67 | | And the people of the town came joyfully |
| 15:68 | | He said, 'These are my guests, so do not embarrass me.' |
| 15:69 | | 'And fear God, and do not disgrace me.' |
| 15:70 | | They said, 'Did we not forbid you from strangers?' |
| 15:71 | | He said, 'These are my daughters, if you must.' |
| 15:72 | | By your life, they were blundering in their drunkenness |
| 15:73 | | So the Blast struck them at sunrise |
| 15:74 | | And We turned it upside down, and rained down upon them stones of baked clay |
| 15:75 | | Surely in that are lessons for those who read signs |
| 15:76 | | And it is on an existing road |
| 15:77 | | Surely in that is a sign for the believers |
| 15:78 | | The people of the Woods were also wrongdoers |
| 15:79 | | So We took revenge upon them. Both are clearly documented |
| 15:80 | | The people of the Rock also rejected the messengers |
| 15:81 | | We gave them Our revelations, but they turned away from them |
| 15:82 | | They used to carve homes in the mountains, feeling secure |
| 15:83 | | But the Blast struck them in the morning |
| 15:84 | | All they had acquired was of no avail to them. |
| 15:85 | | We did not create the heavens and the earth, and what lies between them, except with truth. The Hour is coming, so forgive with gracious forgiveness |
| 15:86 | | Your Lord is the All-Knowing Creator |
| 15:87 | | We have given you seven of the pairs, and the Grand Quran |
| 15:88 | | Do not extend your eyes towards what We have bestowed on some couples of them to enjoy, and do not grieve over them, and lower your wing to the believers |
| 15:89 | | And say, 'I am the clear warner.' |
| 15:90 | | Just as We sent down to the separatists |
| 15:91 | | Those who made the Quran obsolete |
| 15:92 | | By your Lord, we will question them all |
| 15:93 | | About what they used to do |
| 15:94 | | So proclaim openly what you are commanded, and turn away from the polytheists |
| 15:95 | | We are enough for you against the mockers |
| 15:96 | | Those who set up another god with God. They will come to know |
| 15:97 | | We are aware that your heart is strained by what they say |
| 15:98 | | So glorify the praise of your Lord, and be among those who bow down |
| 15:99 | | And worship your Lord in order to attain certainty |
